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A state teachers-union official died in Washington, D.C., during a National Education Association board meeting.

Gary Brown, 58, died Wednesday night. He had been getting treatment for a heart condition since January, said spokesman Rich Wood of the Washington Education Association (WEA).

Brown was president of the Olympia Education Association and of the 5,000-member WEA Chinook Regional Council, which includes educators in nearly 50 local unions, the association said. He was on the board of directors for the National Education Association and the state union.